The Portland daily press., 1887-10-27
REGULARS RETAIN CONTROL.
Corman's Ring still Holds the Fort
In Baltimore.
The Movement for Honest Elections
Suffers a Defeat.
How the Senator's Forces Prepared
to Garry the City.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 26.-The friends of the
rival candidates for :mayoralty honors were
in the field early this morning. When the
polls were opened long lines of anxious
voters were in readiness to deposit their
ballots. The full strength of both tickets
was voted and the contest seemed to be re-
markably close. No business houses were
closed, though the merchants generally, took
more than their usual interest in the contest
The vote for Mayor was 65,O75. Latrobe.
Democrat, had 81, $40; Bartlett, Republican,
-, 40. Latrobe's majority Is 1905, a Demo-
cratic gain OF nearly two thousand since the
eiection TWO years ago. The new city coun-
ell will consist of twelve Democrats and
eight Republicans in the first branch and
seven Democrats and three Republicans in
the second branch. The result Is a great
surprise to the Republicans, who counted
largely on the heformers' aid and were con-
ndent OF victory. Already cries of fraud are
heard and renewed efforts will be made TO
carry the state at the gubernatOrial cleo
tion two weeks hence. A few small distur-
Dances occurred today and one fatal shooting
Democrat, shot snd killed Edward Darley,
one OF the regulars. Alters was arrested,
charged with murder.
Reformers and Regulars.
Today's election has been awaited with
the greatest anxiety by both sides, the Re-
publicans and the reform Democrats hoping
to see the city taken from the control of
Germans notorious regulars, while the ring
politicians were making desperate efforts to
retain the power which they realized was in
danger OF slipping from their grasp.
Inc regulars improved their ch ances some
What by two characteristic campaign tricks.
one was the cry about Jay Gould as being
Dehind the reformers. The other was one OF
tne most elaborate schemes ever attempted
IN Baltimore politics. 1t was the importa-
tion OF nearly 100 of the riff-raff of Philadel-
phta and Washington to this city. These
,toughs" were equipped with round-trip
tickets; were met at the station and steam
boat wharves as soon as they landed; were
marched at once TO- the police station, and
their arrest was heralded in the ring news
and his gang prate about reform, and yet
his followers are bringing in droves Of bal
l0t-b0X suffers and negro repeaters to vote
Tor the Republican ticket tomorrow. What
Democrat or Republican, with any self-re-
spect, will allow himself to become a party
to the organized fraud which Mr.. Jay Gould
and his corporation lawyers in this city are
organizing for tomOrrow's work? The city
IS full OF negroes brought here to vote the
Republican ticket. Some of these men who
have been arrested have revealed the politi-
cal corruption and personal perfdy of a
number OF the sO-called reform leaders,"
One Of the men, white man named
Thomas McDermott, of Philadelphia, testi-
hed that Charles johnson had engaged him
to come to Baltimore, telling him that after
being kept here few days to vote he could
60 down the bay oystering. McDermott
further said johnson said to me: If YOU
are smart you can vote the Republican tick
ct Wednesday and make some money He
also told me he would pay me So in ad-
vance,"
Yesterday morning when the steamar
Richard Willing, of the Ericsson Line, ar
rived from Philadelphia at her wharf at the
corner OF Pratt and Light streets, the police
captured 13 colored men and 10 whites, and
them to the Central Police Station.
All were committed under $500 bail for a
hearing tomorrow morning. The whole
thing was scheme Of the bosses to attempt
to throw discredit on the Republicans and
refOrmers.
Through the efforts of the reform league
over l,10O names were stricken from the
registration list, 800 of them last week by
the courts.